Taste: From their bog to your Thanksgiving dinnerOregonLive.comOregon cranberries also have a longer growing season than East Coast cranberries, making them larger, darker and riper when harvested. Oh -- and if you bite into a cranberry and the seeds are brown, it's ripe. Q: What does a good cranberry taste like?

Hillsboro Elks in gear for Christmas basket programHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comThe Hillsboro Elks' Christmas basket program is under way. The lodge will need drivers on Saturday, Dec. 19, to help deliver food and toys to needy families in Hillsboro. The deliveries will begin at 8 a.m. For more, call Cathy Swanson, chair for the ...

Murder victim found in river at Cornelius parkHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comThe body of a Hillsboro man apparently beaten and stabbed to death during a robbery earlier this month was found Friday night in a section of the Tualatin River that flows through a Cornelius park, leading to murder charges for two other Hillsboro ...

Oil seed for bio-fuels gives Oregon farmers a liftOregonLive.comDoug Beghtel/The OregonianOregon canola sales have soared from $286,000 in 2006 to $1,176,000 last year. Kent Madison raises canola seed on his Eastern Oregon farm near Echo. Behind him is a truckload of the high-protein canola feed left over after ...

Combine Destruction Derby, BBQ, parade this weekend in BanksHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comOne of Washington County's most smashing good times is slated for this weekend, with the Banks Barbecue and Combine Destruction Derby at Sunset Park. The 10th annual Combine Destruction Derby is slated for 5 p.m. Sunday, with a car blow up to follow.

Oregon Senate passes sex-education billOregonLive.comA bill clarifying requirements for sex education in Oregon's public school won final passage in the Senate today with little debate. House Bill 2509 passed along party lines by a vote of 20-9 with all opposition from Republicans. The bill requires all ...

Mexican farm expert lobbies for NAFTA changeThe Oregonian - OregonLive.comOaxaca, Mexico-based agriculture expert Baldemar Mendoza Jimenez works with rural communities that abide by a traditional form of self-organization, including a system of community service. But this system, Jimenez says, was nearly destroyed by the ...

Officer awaiting backup is assaultedThe Oregonian - OregonLive.comPolice - The Northeast Precinct will look at the time it took to respond to the call for backup A Portland police officer was assaulted and knocked to the ground Sunday when she walked up to a man who was standing in the middle of a busy North Portland ...

Investment clubs dwindle as members ask to cash outThe Oregonian - OregonLive.comWith jagged-line charts splayed on a screen up front, the six men sat down to study U.S. stocks. But the first order of business was to cash yet another member, Charles Toney, out of the club. "I make the motion to pay Toney off in cash," said one ...

Community-based VA clinic now in HillsboroHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comThe Veterans Administration opened a new outpatient clinic in Hillsboro on Dec. 1, 2008, at 1925 NW Amber Glen Parkway. A $2 million renovation took former cubicles from a dot-com company and did an "Extreme Makeover" for military veteran care. Nearly ...

Qualcomm to close office nearThe Oregonian - OregonLive.comCell phone networking company Qualcomm Inc. plans to close its office near Tigard this year, company officials told employees Tuesday. San Diego-based Qualcomm employs about 70 in the office, according to an employee notified of the closure who asked ...

Veteran team investigating Sam Adams sex scandalThe Oregonian - OregonLive.comOregon Attorney General John Kroger, confronted by his first major investigation of a public official since taking office, has quietly assembled a veteran team to determine whether Portland Mayor Sam Adams committed any crimes by romancing a teenager.